Ryzen 9 5950X: price continues to fly low

With the recent appearance of AMD’s gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, the 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X is only going downhill, but in terms of price. AMD’s flagship CPU was the cheapest to get in mid-April. At that time it was available for 529 euros. This situation has now changed again. If the price of the Ryzen 9 5950X has risen again to 539 euros in the meantime, you only have to put 519 euros on the table if you want to call the processor your own.

Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 5800X3D on the same level

On November 5, 2020, the 16 core came onto the market and has had an odyssey of falling prices. At the end of April 2021, the Ryzen 9 5950X stood with a view of the PCGH price comparison at around 900 euros. Since then, AMD’s 16-core has continued to collapse, so that it is currently available for almost 400 euros less than a year ago. The biggest drop in prices this year took place at the end of February 2022. At that time, the price fell by almost 70 euros from one day to the next. at Mindfactory is there a processor to buy for the mentioned 519 euros, other dealers offer it for more than 540 euros.

Ryzen 9 5950X price history

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That same price tag of 519 euros also claims the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which has been on the market since April 20th, equipped with an additional 3D V cache and described by AMD as the “fastest gaming CPU in the world”. The RRP of the brand new CPU is 489 euros, so the current price of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is 30 euros higher and has risen by 20 euros from the previous day. The processor has officially been on the market for a week, so the price fluctuations have only just begun.

Source: PCGH price comparison (1), (2)